The Sheikh Jackson movie highlighted that the young imam’s mother was a “closet Michael Jackson fan,” and this might have influenced her son becoming a Michael Jackson impersonator after MJ died.

Throughout the movie, they show how, instead of giving his focus to his job at the mosque and his young family, the imam is obsessing on Michael Jackson.

At one time, the imam looks out at his congregation, and they start doing Michael Jackson’s famous Thriller dance.

Variety also points out that there is something about Michael Jackson missing from this movie: his actual voice, music or photographs of him.

Despite the lack of Michael Jackson video clips or official music in the Sheikh Jackson movie, this film was representational of how MJ fans in the Middle East and South Asia often work the King of Pop into their works of art.

For example, Michael Jackson “Man in the Mirror” references were made in the song “Benny Lava” by the Swetshop Boys comprised of rapper Heems and actor Riz MC.

When he was part of Das Racist, Heems also produced the song “Michael Jackson” with ‎Kool A.D. Vasquez and ‎Ashok Kondabolu.

Over the years, the Bollywood film industry in India has showcased many Michael Jackson impersonators such as disco dancer, Mithun Chakraborty.